I started one of these for the playoffs last year and though it mostly consisted of amat and I talking to one another, I thought I'd start one for this season so us hockey fans would have a place to talk about it.

I know we have a few fans on here, wesrman is a Leafs fan, amat is a Sharks fan, Lyle is a Hurricanes fan, and I am a Canucks fan (the most cursed fans in all of hockey. Management even managed to fuck up a trade which would've got them Wayne Gretsky).

So far the Canucks are 6-0 in the preseason, not that it means anything, and some of the kids are looking really good. Hanson, Raymond, and Bernier are all performing well, Schnieder was fantastic (though he's been sent to the minors, with Luongo and Sanford there was no place for him) and first round draft pic Cody Hodson has shown some flashes of the player he can become.

Some of the vetrans like Kessler and Burrows look great so far. Demitra has also looked really good, and the loss of Naslund and Morrison seem, atmospherically at least, to be addition by subtracktion. This will make wesrman sick, but Kyle Wellwood has quietly been having a great preseason. He will most likely make the team.

Luongo was named Captain, which seem to me to be a somewhat desperate attempt to convince him to stay after his contract expires following next seaon. The assitant captains are Mitchell, Kessler, and Ohlund.

Bieska still sucks and is the 'Nucks most overrated player.